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COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Chandra Space Telescope Collection mediaCollectionId nasaNAS~22~22 NASA Chandra Space Telescope Collection Collection true
Record
Name:
NGC 4258 (M106): Mysterious Arms Revealed name NGC 4258 (M106): Mysterious Arms Revealed Name false
Release Date:
April 10, 2007 release_date April 10, 2007 Release Date false
Credit:
X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Maryland/A.S. Wilson et al.; Optical: Pal.Obs. DSS; IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech; VLA: NRAO/AUI/NSF credit X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Maryland/A.S. Wilson et al.; Optical: Pal.Obs. DSS; IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech; VLA: NRAO/AUI/NSF Credit false
Category:
Normal Galaxies & Starburst Galaxies, Quasars & Active Galaxies category Normal Galaxies & Starburst Galaxies, Quasars & Active Galaxies Category false
Scale:
Image is 9.2 x 7.5 arcmin. scale Image is 9.2 x 7.5 arcmin. Scale false
Coordinates (J2000):
RA 2h 19m 00s \| Dec +47° 18' 00 coordinates__j2000_ RA 2h 19m 00s \| Dec +47° 18' 00 Coordinates (J2000) false
Constellation:
Canes Venatici constellation Canes Venatici Constellation false
Observation Date:
Three pointings from April 17, 2000 to May 29, 2001 observation_date Three pointings from April 17, 2000 to May 29, 2001 Observation Date false
Observation Time:
4 hours observation_time 4 hours Observation Time false
Obs. ID:
1618 obs__id 1618 Obs. ID false
Color Code:
X-ray (blue); Optical (gold); IR (red); Radio (purple) color_code X-ray (blue); Optical (gold); IR (red); Radio (purple) Color Code false
Instrument:
ACIS instrument ACIS Instrument false
Also Known As:
M106 also_known_as M106 Also Known As false
Distance Estimate:
About 25 million light years distance_estimate About 25 million light years Distance Estimate false
Reference:
Yang, Li, Wilson, Reynolds, ApJ, May 10 issue; Chandra Observations and the Nature of the Anomalous Arms of NGC 4258 (M106). Wilson, A.S., Yang,Y., Cecil, G., 2001, ApJ, 560, 689W reference Yang, Li, Wilson, Reynolds, ApJ, May 10 issue; Chandra Observations and the Nature of the Anomalous Arms of NGC 4258 (M106). Wilson, A.S., Yang,Y., Cecil, G., 2001, ApJ, 560, 689W Reference false
facet_what:
Canes Venatici facet_what Canes Venatici facet_what false
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) facet_where Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) facet_where false
facet_when:
April 10, 2007 facet_when April 10, 2007 facet_when false
facet_when_year:
2000 facet_when_year 2000 facet_when_year false
UID:
SPD-CHAND-photo/2007/ngc4258/ngc4258_comp.tif uid SPD-CHAND-photo/2007/ngc4258/ngc4258_comp.tif UID false
original url:
http://chandra.harv… original_url http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/ngc4258/index.html original url false

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